Lisa Kent Duley
Senior Of Counsel | Richmond »
Lisa Kent Duley
Senior Of Counsel | Richmond »
Lisa has over 30 years experience in jury trials, bench trials, administrative hearings, arbitrations and mediations, primarily for the defense. She represents individuals, businesses, and property owners/managers in a variety of tort and contract claims throughout Virginia, including products liability, premises liability, automobile liability and other tort matters involving manufacturing and design defects, slip/trip and falls, negligent hiring and retention, and traumatic brain injuries. Her practice includes first chair management of civil trials, motions practice, and appeals in state and federal courts. She represents commercial companies, insurance carriers, motor fleet companies, individuals and other businesses in state and federal courts.
Professional Honors & Activities
- Defense Research Institute
- Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys
Reported Cases
- Perdieu v. Blackstone Family Practice Center, et al. 264 Va. 408, 568 S.E.2d 708 (2002)
Representative Experience
- Tried automobile personal injury case after plaintiff rejected defendants’ $500,000 offer to plaintiff’s $2,000,000 demand. Result: Verdict in favor of plaintiff for $21,500, after defendant admitted liability.
- Successfully resolved a bicycle versus car accident in which the Plaintiff bicyclist claimed neck surgery with a resulting feeding tube.
- Successfully argued a Motion for Summary Judgment in federal court resulting in a settlement favorable for the defense.
- Achieved a Motion to Strike in a medical malpractice case in which plaintiff failed to properly qualify her expert.
- Mediated a significant trip and fall case against major furniture store resulting is a defense friendly resolution.
- Tried to verdict an automobile case involving a funeral procession resulting in a defense verdict.
- Obtained favorable settlement for major product distributor following an automobile accident which resulted in a claimed major brain injury.
- Tried automobile case with a co-defendant. Verdict returned in favor of plaintiff against co-defendant only.
- Obtained defense verdict for a corporate defendant in a rear end accident involving brake failure.
- Represented a well-known local company in a slip and fall. Obtained a Motion to Strike after the plaintiff failed to prove the identity of the owner of the property.
- Obtained a pre-trial dismissal of a trip and fall case filed against landlord.
- Won a Motion for Summary Judgment in state court in an intentional tort case filed against a restaurant client.
Education
- University of Richmond, B.A. (1989)
- University of Richmond School of Law, J.D. (1993)
Bar & Court Admissions
- Virginia State Bar
- District of Columbia Bar
- United States District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia
- United States District Court for the District of Columbia
- United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit